Antonyms for hairtrigger
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hair-trig-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌtrɪg ər |
- away
- boring
- calm
- clumsy
- coarse
- delayed
- distant
- dull
- easy
- eventual
- eventually
- far
- firm
- flexible
- good
- harsh
- healthful
- healthy
- heavy
- impermanent
- imprecise
- indelicate
- indiscriminating
- inelegant
- insecure
- insensitive
- late
- later
- loose
- moral
- movable
- never
- plodding
- robust
- rough
- slow
- sluggish
- stable
- strong
- tardy
- unattached
- uncareful
- uncritical
- unfixed
- unhurried
- unscrupulous
- upright
Definition of hairtrigger
Origin :- 1830, originally a secondary trigger in a firearm which sprung free a mechanism (hair) which, when set, allowed the main trigger (n.) to be released by very slight force. Figurative use by 1841.
- As in instantaneous : adj immediate
- As in delicate : adj difficult, sticky (situation)
- As in fast : adj speedy
- As in immediate : adj instantaneous; without delay
- What form of midsummer madness lay ahead of him depended now upon the hairtrigger of impulse.
- Extract from : « Kenny » by Leona Dalrymple
- He left Leath Macha in an attitude of hairtrigger contemplation, apparently about to begin something at once.
- Extract from : « Kenny » by Leona Dalrymple
Synonyms for hairtrigger
- accelerated
- active
- actual
- agile
- at once
- at present time
- at this moment
- blue streak
- breakneck
- brisk
- chop-chop
- critical
- current
- dashing
- direct
- double-time
- electric
- existing
- expeditious
- expeditive
- extant
- fast
- first
- flashing
- fleet
- fleeting
- flying
- hair-trigger
- hairtrigger
- hasty
- hot
- hurried
- hypersonic
- in a flash
- in a jiffy
- in nothing flat
- instant
- lickety split
- like a bat out of hell
- like all get out
- like crazy
- like mad
- live
- momentary
- next
- nimble
- now
- on hand
- on the double
- paramount
- PDQ
- posthaste
- precarious
- present
- pressing
- presto
- prompt
- pronto
- quick
- racing
- rapid
- ready
- screamin'
- sensitive
- snap
- snappy
- speedball
- spontaneous
- supersonic
- swift
- ticklish
- touchy
- transitory
- tricky
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- up-to-date
- urgent
- velocious
- volatile
- winged
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